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LARRY GAY POOL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1950 – July 22, 1969
Service recordLarry Gay Pool, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 34
- ROLAND CHARLES HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
- CHARLES WALTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- JOSEPH ALLEN MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- CARL DOUGLAS SHIRLEYFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 33
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 35
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 35
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.